Overview
- Rank 6
- USA Local Champ
- State Manager - Wisconsin (GLR)
- Area Manger - central AL region (SER) & NW IA region (PLN)
- Formal Mentor
- PNH Moderator for GLR
- URC-E Moderator for GLR
- MTE Marshal for GLR
- WME & iOS App Beta Tester
- Actively edit in GLR, SER, PLN and (periodically) MAR regions
- Attended all Mega Meetups since 2021
- Actively submit code debug reports/fixes in Discord scripts channels
- Participated in multiple MapRaid events
- Maintain AM assignment maps for both WI and SER
WME Timeline
- First edits - December 2015
- Entered official mentoring with ojlaw - August 2019
- First edited in Alabama (SER) - October 2019
- R2 Promotion - October 2019
- Granted Birmingham, AL AM - November 2019
- R3 Promotion (post-mentoring) - December 2019
- Granted Lafayette County, WI AM - December 2019
- Assigned MTE Marshal role (GLR) - January 2020
- AM expansion in Wisconsin (GLR) - January 2020
- Promoted to Wisconsin LAM - March 2020
- R4 Promotion - April 2020
- AM expansion in Alabama (SER) - May 2020
- Assigned as Formal Mentor - May 2020
- Promoted to Wisconsin SM (GLR) - October 2020
- R5 Promotion - January 2021
- Iowa AM added (PLN) - August 2021
- Profiled in Waze Community Newsletter December 2021 Issue
- Promoted to CM - June 2022
- Promoted to USA Local Champ - April 2024
Projects
- Basemap cleanup of Lafayette Co, WI - October 2019
- Cleanup/rename streets in former City of Ensley (now a part of Birmingham, AL) - December 2019
- Adjust primary/alt city names on segments in Alabama EA to fix smear and reflect incorporated/CDP status and proper USPS city - January 2019 (ongoing)
- Reconfigure I-20/59 bridges, ramps and exits associated with phase 3 reconstruction in Birmingham, AL - January 2020
- Wendy's harmonization project (AL and WI) - March 2020
- Conversion of county highways in AL to match state FC road type - March 2020
- COVID-19 hospital/UC nationwide cleanup project (worked AL, WI, GA and FL) - March/April 2020
- East coast project to update Exxon/Mobil stations (statewide in GA, FL, NY, NJ) - March/April 2020
- Worked the railroad crossing project in WI and AL completing over 1000 crossings - April 2020
- Created map of all EA assigned in SER for leadership and maintaining it - April 2020
- Worked both WI and AL to add Lanes starting with the beta program - April-May 2020
- Working I-39/90 Expansion/reconstruction project between Madison and Beloit - March 2020 - continuing
- Updated segments in WI LAM with newly published FC data - July 2020
- Cleanup WI AM map and tracking sheet (and maintaining) - Oct 2020 - ongoing
- Validate and fix all links on WI wiki pages - Oct 2020 - ongoing
- Created (informal) mentoring program for dividing roads and trained two R3 AMs - Oct 2020
- Adding USPS cities as alt and CDP as primary in WI - Oct 2020 - continuing
- Worked heavily on post-Falcon MR project in WI and assisted in IN - Spring 2021
- Added US and state road shields with small cap fixes to WI and AL - July 2021
- Completed Target national update sheet for WI & IN - October 2021
- Worked published SM/CM+ place update sheets - 2021 - ongoing
- Coordinated region-wide discussion and changes on state-based Wazeo standards for mapping of alleys - December 2021 - 2022
- Working on various USA Wazeo updates - 2022
- Working on coordinating conversations between city/state partners and W4C staff - 2022 - ongoing
- Worked heavily on project Koi Fish including MapRaid - 2023
- Start work on Wisconsin Functional Class updates (working with DOT) - 2024
- Completed City of Madison which publishes separately
- Working with DOT to see if county and urban maps (currently PDF only) can ported to ArcGIS
- Project Orca participant - 2024 - current
Formal Mentoring
- R1-R3 mentee with ojlaw
- R4 cross-region mentee with ojlaw (GLR) and n4dog (SER)
- R5 mentee with ojlaw plus SER leadership review
- Formal Mentor Assignment - May 2020
- Completed mentorships
- scottrm20 to R3 - September 2020
- scottrm20 to R4 (including GLR & SER standards) - December 2021
- scottrm20 to R5 (tag team with Driving79 for SER cross-region) - January 2023
- Partial mentorships
- hazzdazz R1-R3 (abandoned)
- chiefrude1 R1-R3 (abandoned)
- skylabz0rz R1-R3 (abandoned)
- DrHenryJonesSr R4-R5 (tag team with Driving79)
MapRaids
- Alabama Mapraid - October 2019
- Finished in 3rd for total place updates
- Resulted in central AL AM grant
- Worked Miami mini-raid ahead of MMU - January 2020
- Maine MapRaid (groups 3 & 4) - May 2020
- US Falcon MapRaid - January 2021
- finished 2nd in GLR Hall of Fame (WI/IN)
- Also worked Alabama (SER)
- PLN MapRaid (Group 3) - August 2021
- Resulted in NW region of IA AM grant
- Pakistan MapRaid/WoW - January 2022
- KOI MapRaid - January-March 2023
Meetups
- 2020 SER Meeting (cancelled due to COVID) - March 2020
- 2020 Beta Community Meetup (virtual) - July 2020
- Attended 2021 GLR/NOR Meetup (virtual) - Feb 2021
- Attended in-person 2022 Mega Meetup in SFO - May 2022
- Attended 2022 GLR/PLN/MAR Meetup in Grand Rapids, MI - October 2022
- Hosted Waze Cafe in Wauwatosa, WI - March 2023
- Attended 2023 Mega Meetup in Las Vegas - March 2023
- Attended 2023 GLR Meetup in Chicago, IL - July 2023
- Presented on the use and underpinnings of the WMEPH script
- Presented on creation and proper use of Events in WME
- Attended 2024 Mega Meetup in Atlanta - April 2024
